Speaking
Be one of the few who get AI right.
Most companies are getting AI wrong, and not for the reason they think. The path to being one of the few who get it right is smaller and more achievable than the hype suggests. I show your leaders exactly what it looks like, as someone who actually builds AI and runs agent workshops on behalf of Google.
The session
Cut Through the AI Hype: What Leaders Should Actually Do Now
Most leaders quietly believe everyone else has worked AI out and they are behind. The truth is liberating: almost no one has. The large majority of corporate AI efforts stall, which means the field is wide open and getting it right is far more achievable than it looks.
Why do they stall? Because most companies try to buy their way to AI: buy the tool, announce the rollout, hope people use it. They don't. Getting it right is about building your way in, small and real and spreading, and that is a leadership move your members have made before, not a technical one.
I show them exactly how, with a framework they keep, and I do it as someone who builds these systems every day and runs AI agent workshops on behalf of Google. So it is what genuinely works, not slideware, not twenty-years-out futurism, not a vendor pitch.
The framework
Build your way in. Don't buy your way in.
The whole session hangs on one simple model your members take home and use.
The trap most fall into
Buy → Announce → Hope
Buy the tool, announce the rollout, hope it sticks. It rarely does, and the project joins the large majority that quietly fail.
What the few do instead
Pick → Prove → Spread
- Pick one real, painful workflow. A Monday problem your team already hates, not a moonshot.
- Prove it in real hands, and measure whether people actually use it and it actually helps. Telling a slick demo from something that truly works is where deep technical experience earns its place.
- Spread what survives: make it safe to use, lead by using it yourself, then loop back and pick the next.
What your group leaves with
Three things, not a headache
01
Relief, and a clear picture
An honest read of where AI actually is, and why they are not behind. The room exhales.
02
Why AI efforts really fail
The real reason most initiatives stall, and why it is a leadership and adoption problem rather than a technical one.
03
Their own plan for Monday
Each member leaves having drafted their own Pick, Prove, Spread plan: three concrete, low-risk moves for their business.
How it works
Built around your group, not a script
- Interactive throughout. We work with the group, with discussion and exercises, rather than talking at it.
- Tailored to your members. I learn about the group beforehand and bring the material down to their world.
- Flexible length. A 45-minute keynote, a 90-minute session, or a half-day working format for peer groups and offsites.
- Suited to executive peer groups (Vistage, EO, YPO), conferences, and internal leadership teams.
Why me
The rare one who actually builds it
The AI speaking circuit splits into two camps: deep technical people who lose the room, and futurists who paint pictures of 2040 but offer nothing to do on Monday. I am the rare third thing.
I build AI systems for a living, LLMs, agents, the production reality behind the buzzwords, and I run AI agent workshops on behalf of Google. So I can tell your members what is real and what is vendor nonsense, and show their teams how to actually build with it. I have also spent 25+ years making complex technology simple for non-technical audiences, so it lands. Google Developer Expert, MBA, tens of thousands of people taught around the world.
Have a technical team too? I also run hands-on workshops that get engineers building with AI SDKs and agents.
Invite me
Running a CEO group, a conference, or a leadership offsite? Let's talk about your members and what they need.
Tell me about the group and I'll tailor the session. Happy to start with a short call.